[codic]

I'm not very good at dramatic lighting and wanted to know how I could make those lights shining down look more realistic.

All I did was paint white all over the place, but it looks so fake.


Any c&c very much appreciated.

[beans]

Hi! You get the dubious honor of my first post. =D

You might try adding more indication of what the light is hitting, instead of treating the light like a solid object. If you really want the rays, maybe reduce their opacity, then increase the contrast on whatever is below them with some stronger highlights.

[Jolyon]

Hi ... ok well I like the composition quite cool, and the image has a nice feel to it, nice colours they work well together, you�ve got to understand that when light hits an object it reflects some of that light around, I think you need more ambient and reflected light in the pitch black areas, more diffusion from the rays themselves, and give them more opacity so that you can see what�s behind them giving it a bit more depth, and remember a white light behind a semi transparent light will add to the intensity giving it more variation in tone and maybe you could try colouring the lights a yellowish colour or something. Hope this helps

[Andrew Crocker]

i like this a lot, too. nice colors and composition. i thikn you need to scatter your lights, like Jolyon said. also, if the light is painted on a different layer, try changing the blending mode from normal or screen to color dodge. it makes it lighter, but also more saturaded.

[codic]

thanks for the advice